Euro 2012
 

Don't feel like finding the other thread.

Won't post the results in the OP in case people don't want to be spoiled.

So I went on ESPN.com and they don't have this score, but I woke up at like 3 AM and Russia was playing the Czechs and it was 4-1 Russia...

Denmark is surprisingly up on the Netherlands 1-0 in the 39th minute.

Germany plays Portugal later today.

Okay, yesterday's results are Poland/Greece tied 1-1. Russia beat Czech Republic 4-1.

good game right now

Call me when it's time for Cup play...

Hahahahaha. **** the Dutch.

Wow, what an upset.

It is but...it's not that big of upset as people keep making it out to be. The Danes are good as hell. They are ranked 9th in the world.

The Dutch are such chokers.

Problem is the Dutch don't play as a unit...group of superstars that don't combine all that well.

Germany/Portugal should be a cracker...

So you're saying the Dutch are the collective Lebron James of the soccer world?

Who else is playing 2day?

Yeah, but the Dutch are at least top 5. They are a much better team. Supposed to be anyways.

Portugal vs Germany in about 25 min.

FIFA rankings are wonky anyways...

Perhaps, although I don't think I imagined that 45-15-5 game on 73% shooting in an elimination game.

doucheland doucheland!

Neuer with our first great acting job of the tourney...what a joke.

Germany wins.

Whose up tomorrow?

Spain v Italy for the early game
Ireland v Croatia for the late game

Good game by Germany. Not great but competent but Portugal looked more dangerous. Anyway onwards and upwards. Lets kick Holland out of the championship next.

I'm rooting for Ireland, simply for the reason that they got boned in World Cup qualifying for 2010.

Ireland Ireland Ireland

Italy just barely missed a goal. They seem to be putting a lot of pressure on Spain. Haven't seen Spain have many chances so far.

Italy 1 - 0 Spain ; 61st minute.

Italy bossing

Italy 1 - 1 Spain ; 65th minute.

:mad:

Viva España!

niiiiice

Vale!

:)

Final 1-1.

The Eire in the last 10 minutes of the first half played the "trying not to lose" defensive play. Sitting back allowing attacks all over the penalty area, clearing the ball and letting the Croats attack again. And giving up a goal in the first 3 minutes of the first half, the last 2 minutes of the 1st half and the first 3 minutes of the 2nd half has effectively harshed my day.

It would've been cool to see Ireland win. It doesn't look like that is going to happen.

Ireland deserves to lose. They are perfectly capable of competing and winning this game. Losing like this is just disheartening. But, that's what they've always done. I'm not exactly surprised.

portugal/denmark is excellent so far

2-1 portugal in the first half

ronaldo missed two easy scoring opportunities

and now denmark scores

2-2

3-2 portugal 86th minute

Thread hasn't been bumped in a hot minute.

We've got Portugal - Spain and Germany - England/Italy.

England/Italy kicks off in 20 min on ESPN.

Probably the best sport on today if you're a Padres fan.

Very entertaining game even though there hasn't been a goal. Yet.

England's style of only attacking on a counter is kind of boring. Italy has missed some great opportunities so far...

England created two primo opportunities early on. Not as many as the olive oilers, but really good chances.

If that bicycle kick would have gone in in the 92nd minute, it would have been the defining moment of Rooney's career.

OMG, Pirlo just missed Balotelli.

Oh... Rooney you f! Shoot that or cross it. )Right before that missed pass to Balotelli.

Italy's offense sucks. They've had several chances to score but **** up every one of them.

Looks like PKs

lol, 36 shots vs 9. England only had one shot on net...

England sucks at PKs

If England wins this they are going to get dominated by Germany.

****ing Cheeky

Joe Hart's kind of cool. I like how he made a big scary monster face before that one PK.

C'mon Joe Hart...

And Italy looks like they have it.

Goddammit!

Well, Italy deserved the win. They were better.

My Germans shall avenge the English players.

Henceforth, there will be no male children named Ashley in England.

Heh.

England played for penalties, still lost. Sucks to be them.

PirLOL

It's something I've watched Italy do for decades. I've always disliked that team. Except in 82 when they beat Brazil in group play. What a great WC that was. Paolo Rossi with a hat trick in that game. Was lucky I got to watch it on Univision (although it was called Spanish International Network then)

Have you ever seen the documentary of that WC? It's narrated by Sean Connery. There were some great players in that WC.

So the US isn't playing in this......then why the hell is this crap on eSPn? Hipsters are going to far trying to get euro soccer popular

Why the **** is NASCAR on ESPN? Case closed.

Or any golf tournament, tennis tournament, or worse of all WNBA.

I get the soccer thing, I really do, not my cup of tea, but it's EURO SOCCER. MLS? Fine, no problem. Obviously golf, tennis, WNBA, Nascar all are on a AMERICAN TV network like ESPN, because they are AMERICAN LEAGUES OR PLAYERS. Just very odd to me, I mean I love basketball, but no way in hell am I going to watch some Euro League basketball game...and there are even many American born players playing over there.

I get your point, but the Euro cup is one of the biggest tournaments on earth. Soccer is more popular than all those others you named COMBINED. Soccer is becoming more and more popular in this country. One of the ways to help with that is for the premier sports network in America to play the tournament with some of the best in the world playing. Even with that a few things to contemplate about the Euro Cup on TV

1. A majority of the games were televised during the weekdays when not many people got to see it.

2. This is the closest thing we have to a dead season for sports with football, basketball, and to a point hockey all being off. Collegiate sports are also in a down time as well. All we really have as major sports right now are baseball and to a point MLS ans NASCAR. The Euro Cup did not take up a slot from any of these sports, so there is no real issues with it being on.

If you don't understand why the UEFA Cup is on ESPN then you're an idiot.

Why is the Super Bowl on TV in Europe?

SEA\POR was damn good tv this afternoon.

The NFL has now announced the total number of people who watched Super Bowl XLVI: 166.8 million. NBC’s coverage of the game, making it the biggest total TV audience of all time.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-1668-million/


Nascar Demographics
· A massive, loyal fan base - 75 million people or one in three US adults are NASCAR fans

· NASCAR is the number-two sport on television in the US and is broadcast in over 100 countries in 21 languages.

· In 2003, 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the US were NASCAR events

· Over $2 billion in licensed product sales annually, making NASCAR a consistent performer among all major sports.

· Consumers who look for NASCAR licensed product - 83% are asking for more from retailers they frequent.

· NASCAR fans are three times as likely to try and purchase NASCAR sponsor's products and services.

http://www.hlglicensing.com/nascar.htm


ESPN’s Euro 2012 Viewer Numbers
Through the 24 matches in the group stage of Euro 2012, ESPN’s live English-language presentation is averaging 784,000 households and 1,002,000 viewers — up 79 percent and 82 percent, respectively, versus the group stage matches in 2008 (439,000 households and 552,000 viewers).

The top 10 metered markets through the group stage include: New York (1.6), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (1.6), Providence (1.3), Los Angeles (1.2), Washington, DC (1.2), Richmond, Va. (1.1), Atlanta (1.1), San Francisco (1.0), Jacksonville (1.0), and Austin, Texas (1.0).

Here are the number of households and viewers for the top matches thus far:

Sun, June 10, 2012 ESPN Spain vs. Italy 1,570,000 / 2,113,000
Sat, June 9, 2012 ESPN Germany vs. Portugal 1,244,000 / 1,798,000
Sat, June 9, 2012 ESPN Netherlands vs. Denmark 1,077,000 / 1,367,000
Wed, June 13, 2012 ESPN Netherlands vs. Germany 1,066,000 / 1,383,000
Sun, June 10, 2012 ESPN Republic of Ireland vs. Croatia 1,018,000 / 1,387,000
Mon, June 11, 2012 ESPN France vs. England 968,000 / 1,151,000
Sun, June 17, 2012 ESPN Portugal vs. Netherlands 923,000 / 1,323,000
Wed, June 13, 2012 ESPN Denmark vs. Portugal 859,000 / 1,084,000


http://www.epltalk.com/espns-euro-20...uro-2008-44097

"I rest my case" http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-14836.gif

So, you just compared the championship game of a given sport...to the merchandising appeal of one sport...to the TV numbers (mid week and weekend) of a continental tournament (not the championship) of another sport.

Apples vs Oranges vs Mangos

Zoccor: Since one of the posts in this thread mentioned the NFL, I included the total viewer numbers for the Super Bowl. I was not about to research NFL viewer numbers per game.

There can be no different narrative emerging from ESPN's Euro 2012 vs. ESPN's NASCAR. Clearly, in the U.S., NASCAR beats Euro 2012 in viewer numbers.

If you want to research it further, be my guest.

Is NASCAR on ESPN?

NASCAR Cup Series TV Schedule:
FOX TV - 14 weeks.
TNT - 6 weeks
ESPN - 12 weeks
ABC - approx. 3 weeks

NASCAR Nationwide Series TV Schedule:
ESPN - 18 weeks
ABC - 3 weeks


http://www.channelguidemagblog.com/i...r-tv-schedule/

Isn't NASCAR hurting pretty bad or has it picked back up. They were reeling for a lil while.

There are more than enough rednecks to keep that machine running hot.

In fact, where else can you see THIS:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/977677/burn.gif

Haha true. Though some soccer fans around the world will burn pretty much anything down. Especially in Turkey. Hahaha

Damn you Turks be cray

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Dylan, do you just search NASCAR on CP like once a day? I think it's funny you stumbled into a soccer thread as soon as someone mentioned NASCAR, lol.

As far as your soccer numbers, shit's looking good. Looks like our performance in WC 2010 has got our country more interested in soccer, whether it's MLS or International Competition.

True. The numbers are looking good.

The metrics for the MLS are really great except for TV ratings. They are not there yet and it will take time. Getting people to tune in when their team isn't playing as well as getting American soccer fans who don't currently watch their home grown soccer league is the next step.

I am gonna try to be in Brazil in '14 should be a blast.

Nascar is wierd because if you are a fan for a driver he can be in the sport for 40 years and gather an unreal following.

That is interesting. Never thought of that.